Sergei Bobrovsky

Just seven games away from a time when defensive command and competitive fire are at a premium, the Ducks have given up 12 goals in the last two games. “Mind-boggling in a lot of senses,” Ducks forward Andrew Cogliano said Tuesday following a 5-3 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. By unraveling again in the second period — they’ve been outscored, 91-68, in that frame this season — the Ducks followed a 7-2 loss Sunday in New York against the Rangers by losing to a team out of the postseason picture and with one of the NHL’s worst home records. “What we’re doing now is not acceptable and we’re going to change it. Internally, within...

---When opposing coaches of some of the top teams in the NHL try to explain why they were just beaten by the resurgent Panthers, they usually point to the radically improved defense and two players: goalie Roberto Luongo and rookie defenseman Aaron...

— On paper, the Panthers should have one of the best shootout teams in the NHL. On the ice, they've been one of the worst.
Before the season began, General Manager Dale Tallon, a longtime proponent for 3-on-3 overtimes to help do away with shootouts or...

No one beats the Panthers 10 times straight over seven years, except of course for the Columbus Blue Jackets.
Despite erasing a three-goal deficit in a 4:37 span in the second period – two by Nick Bjugstad - the Panthers lost 4-3 in a shootout to the...

Florida Panthers coach Gerard Gallant experienced the growing pains of expansion in his first tour as an NHL head coach for the Blue Jackets.
He likely never endured a loss as disappointing as Monday in his first trip back to Nationwide Arena as a...

Cam Atkinson had not scored a goal in his last 18 games.
Put on the same line with a couple of the central figures from this past weekend's NHL All-Star Game, he finally found the net.
Atkinson and Fedor Tyutin each had a goal and an assist, and...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Defenseman Kevin Connauton's first goal as a member of the Columbus Blue Jackets' couldn't have come at a better moment.
Connauton's goal finished a 2-on-1 rush with center Ryan Johansen at 1:58 of overtime, leading the Blue Jackets to a...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Remember when the Kings were a wildly successful road team?
That time, most definitely, is not now.
Those days of November and early December seem long ago. They've lost eight of their last nine road games and the latest setback was a...

BOSTON — There was no mistake about whom Kings Coach Darryl Sutter was blaming for Boston's third-period goal, which proved to be the game-winner in the Bruins' 3-2 win over the Kings on Monday at TD Garden.
Brad Marchand opened the scoring for the...

From mighty Canada with its 11 returning gold medalists to humble hopefuls Latvia and Norway, the remaining entrants in the Sochi Olympic hockey tournament announced their rosters Tuesday, triggering vigorous debate in hockey rinks around the world.
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Times columnist Helene Elliott rates the pluses and minuses in the NHL from the previous week.
+ Consecutive victories over Minnesota, Washington and Pittsburgh have fueled the Montreal Canadiens' 5-1-1 surge. Tomas Plekanec won 14 of 19 faceoffs he took...

Times columnist Helene Elliott rates the pluses and minuses in the NHL from the previous week:
+ If Sidney Crosby can be said to do anything quietly, he is quietly having a sensational start. Through Sunday he led the NHL in scoring with 17 points,...